Christian ethics and wise sayings, by a presbyter of the Church of EnglandJ. Nisbet & Company, 1883 - 277 pages |
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... Speaking in deeds , and deedless in his tongue . I must strive to be always doing good rather than to be conspicuous . * I prefer not talking ; only this- Let each man do his best . * * * * Talkers are no great doers ; be assured We ...
... Speaking in deeds , and deedless in his tongue . I must strive to be always doing good rather than to be conspicuous . * I prefer not talking ; only this- Let each man do his best . * * * * Talkers are no great doers ; be assured We ...
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... This little member gives life to every other part about us . " The light of the body is the eye . " What needs a tongue to such a speaking eye , That more persuades than winning oratory . Our eyes when gazing on sinful objects are out of ...
... This little member gives life to every other part about us . " The light of the body is the eye . " What needs a tongue to such a speaking eye , That more persuades than winning oratory . Our eyes when gazing on sinful objects are out of ...
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... speak a disagreeable truth , tells it boldly and has done , is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling . Decision of character is one of the most important of human qualities , philosophically ...
... speak a disagreeable truth , tells it boldly and has done , is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling . Decision of character is one of the most important of human qualities , philosophically ...
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... speak up manfully - leave off speedily . A man he was to all the country dear , And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race , Nor e'er had changed , nor wished to change , his place ! Unskilful he ...
... speak up manfully - leave off speedily . A man he was to all the country dear , And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race , Nor e'er had changed , nor wished to change , his place ! Unskilful he ...
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... speak of me as A man that's resolute and just , Firm to his principles and trust , Nor hopes nor fears can bind . It might have been said of Simon Symonds , the Vicar of Bray , in Berkshire , near Maidenhead : Sure such a various ...
... speak of me as A man that's resolute and just , Firm to his principles and trust , Nor hopes nor fears can bind . It might have been said of Simon Symonds , the Vicar of Bray , in Berkshire , near Maidenhead : Sure such a various ...
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Page 190 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 234 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 111 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Page 142 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 49 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking.
Page 147 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 269 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 43 - Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 144 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 98 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.